Metallic vehicle wheel



patented @en itl,

S. LACK, OF PADUC., KENTUCKY.

Application filed December 27, i520. Serial No. 433393.

To NZZ whom t may mmcern.:

Be it known that l, Feen S. LACK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Paducah. in the county of McCracken and State of Kentucky,have invented certain nenv and useful Improvements in `Metallic VehicleWheels, of which the following is n specitication.

My invention relates to improvements in metallic vehicle wheels, andmore particularly to that class or type commonly known as discnf'heels77 particularly designed and adapted for use .in connection withmotor vehicles and being demonntable from the hub portions thereot.

The primary object ot the invent-ion is to provide a generally improvedwheel of this class, which Will be exceedingly simple in construction,cheap ot manufacture and ellicient in use.

A further and very important object is the provision of an improved disesupporting hub or hub filler and wheel disc adapted to be used inconnection with the standard hub and rim members of ordinary `Woodenwheels of the denioinitable type.

With the above n'ientioned and other ends in view, the inventionconsists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination ofparts, hereinafter described, illustrated in some ot its embodiments inthe accompanying drawings and particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims.

Referring to the drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figurel is a side elevation of a disc Wheel of the front or steering Wheeltype constructed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2, a central cross sectional view of the a similar vier.7 of awheel olf the rear or driving .wheel type.

Similar numerals ot reference designate like parts thruont all thefigures of the drawings.

The improved disc wheel may be used in connection with any ordinary orconventional form of rim, as for example the ordinary demountable rim(not shown), or a fixed rim, as desired. n the present instance l haveshown niy improved disc Wheel connected to a rim oit' the qoiclrdetachable type.

employed in connection with an ordinary wood Wheel, and l provide animprovedy disc supporting hub 3, adapted to fill the space between theflanged portions of the hub and hub cap in lieu or' the Wooden hubportion ot the wheel structure to be replaced.

` The improved disc supporting and bracing hub member or filler 3, maybe ofl any suitableand convenient form, being, in the presentinstance,made up of two annular flanged members suitably Welded together, andconjointly forming a hollow hub member connected by tlr;` connectingbolts 2.

is a means ot' detachably connecting the improved wheel disc Al, to thesupporting hnb 3, and particularly as a means of reinforcing and bracingthe hub portion of the disc t, and relieving the attaching elements 3a,ol any shearing' tendency and particu larly of radial and lateralstresses While the wheel is in motion, the disc supporting hub 5, ,isprovided with an annular shoulder 3", terminating in a radiallyextending lange 3, the latter preferably extending` approximately alongtil-'ie median longitudinal plane ot the wheel body as a Whole.

The attaching elements 3?-, are preferably in the form ott stud bolts,as shown, the bolts 3, being preferably provided with enlarged bearingportions 3d, to fit into similar shaped openings in the olf-set flangedportion el, of the wheel disc 4.-, and being adapted to clamp the latterby means of the clamping or cap nut 3.

The improved Wheel disc is provided with usual connected or an annularshoulder 4", corresponding in torni to the annular shoulder 3b, andadapted to be seated thereon, said Wheel disc Il, being farther providedwith a relatively flat portion a, clamped against and braced by theannular flange 3, of the hub filler member The disc a, is provided withan outwardly flaring or dished portion 4d, extending outwardly towardthe edge of the telly or Wheel rim on the face side of the Wheel andterminating in a relatively flat annular portion te, ail'ording, in thepresent instance, a shoulder to abut against the shoulder portion 5", ofthe rirn 5.

lt will be seen that the outwardly inclined or dished portion ad, andrelatively flat annular portion fl", terminate in a rim supportingflange or fixed rim 4f, sa1d flange or rim 4f, extending at right anglesto the median longitudinal plane O the Wheel body, and, 1n

what I rlaini and dvsiro to secure hy loiors.

Patent, is.-

1. lli a .'ihirln whml. a hollonl huh lillvr made up o1 two annularllang'ud nionilwrs. onev ol' said niinhols lining' provided with anoil-Set, disv supporting lahouldlr turiuiualina in a radiallyuxl'onding' disi' supporting flange.

2. ln a vehicle wheel. a huh lillar nivndar provided with attaching`elonunta ou its faro side and having1 an annular olllsvt diaryipport-ing` shoulder radially snawd outsid x ol' said attachilngrelements and tvrniinatingin a radially extending diar bupportingl`Hanno.

3. 1n a Veliirle wheel.y a n'hvil diai onibodying a relatively fiatinner huh attaching section provided with au annular oli-set shoulder,the latterterminating in a l'rustoconical outwardly inclined annularsection,

y#aid outwardly iiu'liiudiil'ruso--i-oniral annular swion rrininaiiira'lin au iniugral riin Supporting liungi.

-l. ln a rahirhl whrih a u'luwl digioni-v lioilyinja' a rrlaiirvly tialhul aiiarliinnwaoction surroundid hy au annular oil-wl ahouldvr.uriniuaiinol in a laurroululiugrilat'iwly llai annular portion. ilullatini' tow ininalingl in an outwardly inilinud annular [ioriioulorniinaiiug in an inlvgral lxod riln l'orniinn flangia fi. ln auulalliv dish whuifl. a huh inruilwr iii-oridvd nih disiaarhingl'vlcnwnis at one nido and haulingA an ollsvl dist' supporting shouldi-rluriuinainf; in a [laugh portion radially Simoni 'roin Said shouldir,and a rvhoil di r harin; r rilairvly flat innor svi'- iion sorurfsd aima aidu ot said huh nanihcr hy Said alarhiiug nivnants, `said whcvl.disc onihodyingf rorr spondingly shaped shouldvr and llaugo portionsabutting' against said sh'ouldrr and .flairgud portion@ realm-(tively,oi said hul uunnlmr outsidey oli said attavhing oleuanls lo inirlorhwith nach other and rc"- liiru ,said l'asuning olouainls ol shearingartion. v

Yln loSiniony wiwi-coi' ,l have allixed my signature.

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